Parachute Wedding Dress Ww2

This wedding dress was once a parachute that survived the invasion of normandy.

Parachute wedding dress ww2. The crew was forced to bail out. Claude hensinger during world war ii. In august 1944 hensinger a b 29 pilot and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over yowata japan when their engine caught fire. In august 1944 hensinger a b 29 pilot and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over yowata japan when their engine caught fire.

Married with a parachute wedding dress. Now it s on display for the first time since the wedding day. Keeping with tradition hensinger didn t get to see his wife s parachute dress until she walked down the aisle. Parachute wedding dress 1947 this wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved maj.

The couple donated jackie s parachute wedding dress to the world war ii history museum in new orleans. The crew was forced to bail out. In 1944 an american b 29 pilot named maj. Brought back this japanese silk parachute fabric presumably from a japanese soldier who was killed.

Via wiki commons many of the parachutes were pure silk in delicate cream so they made excellent material for dresses as did the thinner nylon material. Suffering from only minor injuries hensinger used the parachute as a. In august 1944 hensinger a b 29 pilot and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over yowata japan when their engine caught fire. The couple was married for 49 years before hensinger died in 1996.

The crew was forced to bail out. It was said that he was elated to be reunited with the parachute that saved his life and the love of his life. After the war many brides made their white wedding dresses from repurposed nylon parachutes. Claude hensinger during world war ii.

An indiana couple celebrates 66th wedding anniversary by showing off wedding dress made from husband s world war ii parachute. At neffs luther church in pensylvania on july 19 1947 ruth and major claude hensinger were married. In the years between two other generations of women were married in ruth hensinger s parachute dress. Now in the costume collection of the national museum of american history smithsonian.

This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved maj. Claude hensinger during world war ii. Claude hensinger was returning with his crew from a. My husband didn t see the gown until i walked down the aisle said ruth.

He was a happy man according to ruth. This is by far the coolest wedding dress i ve ever heard of made in 1947 from a nylon parachute which saved the groom s life during wwii.